Beginner s Guide to SolidWorks 2013 - Level I Parts, Assemblies, Drawings, Simulation Xpress Alejandro Reyes MSME, CSWP, CSWI SDC PUBLICATIONS Schroff Development Corporation Better Textbooks. Lower Prices. www.sdcpublications.com
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Table of Contents Introduction... 1 Prerequisites... 1 The SolidWorks Interface... 3 Part Modeling... 11 The Housing... 13 The Side Cover... 85 The Top Cover... 99 The Offset Shaft... 125 More about Auxiliary Geometry:... 143 The Worm Gear... 153 The Worm Gear Shaft... 171 Special Features: Sweep, Loft and Wrap... 181 Sweep: Cup and Springs... 183 Loft: Bottle... 211 Wrap Feature... 221 Detail Drawing... 233 Drawing One: The Housing... 235 Drawing Two: The Side Cover... 267 Drawing Three: The Top Cover... 285 Drawing Four: The Offset Shaft... 301 Drawing Five: The Worm Gear... 309 Drawing Six: The Worm Gear Shaft... 323 Assembly Modeling... 333 The Gear Housing Assembly... 335 SmartMates... 359 Fasteners... 371 Configurations using Design Tables... 381 Interference Detection... 395 Exploded View... 405 Assembly and Design Table Drawings... 419 Analysis: SimulationXpress... 429 Background. Why Analysis?... 431 Analysis of a simple part... 434 A final word on analysis... 451 Collaboration: edrawings... 453 How to collaborate with non-solidworks users... 453 Final Comments... 457 Appendix... 459 Document templates... 459 Engine Part Features Sequence... 465 Index... 469 iii
List of commands introduced in each chapter. Note that many commands are used extensively in following chapters after been presented. PART MODELING Housing: New Part Create Sketch Confirmation Corner Sketch Grid Auto-Rotate view normal to Sketch plane Sketch Rectangle Sketch Centerline Sketch Relations Smart Dimension Sketch Status Extrude Boss/Base Document Units View Orientation Mouse Gestures Menu Customization Center Rectangle Fillet Magnifying Glass Extruded Cut Through All (End Sketch Fillet Rename Features Circle Instant 3D Mirror Features Model Display Styles Fly-Out FeatureManager Dimension Tolerance Hole Wizard Cosmetic Threads Sketch Point Edit Sketch Rebuild Circular Pattern Automatic Relations Temporary Axes Sketch Slot Sketch Numeric Input Linear Pattern Edit Material Mass Properties Side Cover Revolved Boss/Base Trim Entities Extend Entities Construction Geometry Top Cover Offset Entities Mirror Entities (Sketch) Up to Surface (End Shell Measure Tool Select Other More Fillet options Offset Shaft Revolved Cut Auxiliary Planes Hide/Show sketch Convert Entities Polygon (Sketch) Flip Side to Cut Axis (Reference geometry) Coordinate Systems Worm Gear Mid Plane (End Condition) Chamfer Dimension to Arc Direction 2 (End Condition) Worm Gear Shaft General Review of previous commands SWEEP, LOFT, WRAP Sweep Thin Feature Ellipse Auxiliary Plane at point Sweep Up to Next (End Full Round Fillet Helix Variable pitch helix Open Sketch Cut Guide Curves Loft Offset Plane Hide/Show Plane Loft Start/End Conditions Model Section View Wrap Wrap Intersection Curve DETAIL DRAWING Housing Drawing Part Configurations Suppress Feature Parent Child Relation Unsuppress Configure Dimensions Change Configuration New Drawing Make Drawing from Part View Palette (Drawing) Projected View Tangent Edge Display Section View Detail View Model Items (Import dimensions) iv
Drawing cleanup Center Mark/Centerlines Add Sheet to Drawing Model View Configuration Rename Sheet Layers Side Cover Drawing Reference Dimension Dimension Parentheses Sheet Scale View Scale Top Cover Drawing Display only Cut Surface Display Dimension As diameter Ordinate Dimension Add to Ordinate Notes Custom Document Properties Parametric Notes Link to Property Offset Shaft Drawing Broken View Worm Gear Drawing Display Sheet Format Insert Model View Crop View Ellipse Angle Dimension Tolerance/Precision Chamfer Dimension Edit Sheet Format / Title Block Edit Sheet Worm Gear Shaft Drawing Broken-Out Section Spline ASSEMBLY MODELING New Assembly Add New Component Change Configuration Mates Concentric Mate Coincident Mate Move Component Rotate Component Change Appearance Parallel Mate Hide/Show Component SmartMates Mirror Components Width Mate Toolbox Fasteners Design Library Add Fasteners Cosmetic Thread Display Configurations using Design Tables Show Feature Dimensions Rename Dimensions Edit Design Table Mate Reference Design Library Interference Detection Change dimensions in the assembly Collision Detection Isolate Gear Mate Component Transparency Drawing update Exploded View creation Collapse View Animate Exploded view Assembly Drawing Show Assembly in exploded view Bill of Materials Add Custom Properties to bill of Materials Open Part from assembly drawing Format Bill of Materials Auto Balloons SimulationXpress Analysis Background Split Line SimulationXpress Model Fixture Model Forces Meshing Run Simulation Review results Factor of Safety Generate reports Model changes and simulation update Model optimization edrawings Appendix Document Templates v